Youth JusticeA separate system, built on the fact that most young people stop.Criminal JusticeDistinct aims, distinct evidence base.Distinctive featuresWelfare and age weighed with the offenceDiversion away from formal processingRestricted reporting of identityCustody as a genuine last resortMinimum age of responsibility varies widelyWhat the evidence saysFormal processing can raise reoffendingDiversion generally outperforms prosecutionCustody has poor reoffending outcomesDeterrence-based scare programmes backfireFamily-based programmes show better resultsEducational reference. The minimum age of criminal responsibilitydiffers sharply between jurisdictions and is politically contested.Youth Justicelearnposters.com
Youth Justice — printable law & society wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Youth Justice poster

10 entries in 2 groups.

Distinct aims, distinct evidence base.

Educational reference. The minimum age of criminal responsibility differs sharply between jurisdictions and is politically contested.

Questions about the Youth Justice poster

What’s on the Youth Justice poster?
10 entries in 2 groups. Distinct aims, distinct evidence base. Distinctive features: Welfare and age weighed with the offence, Diversion away from f…; What the evidence says: Formal processing can raise reoffending, Diversion generally…. Educational reference. The minimum age of criminal responsibility differs sharply between jurisdictions and is politically contested.
Who is the Youth Justice poster for?
Youth Justice belongs to the Criminal Justice section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning courts & process can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Youth Justice poster?
Use it when a proposal treats young offenders as small adults. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Youth Justice belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Youth Justice?
Two Trial Traditions, Appeals and Innocence Claims and Bail and Remand sit alongside Youth Justice in the Criminal Justice section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Two Trial TraditionsAppeals and Innocence ClaimsBail and Remand
Is the Youth Justice poster free to download and print?
Yes. Youth Justice downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Criminal Justice section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Youth Justice poster print at?
Youth Justice is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Youth Justice loses nothing.Printing guide

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